MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 48.49,-96.26 Latitude: 48.49 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 78 SFC 971 333 27.5 20.1 64 7.4 22.2 182 10 303.2 306.0 296.4 348.9 15.41 2 950 529 27.9 16.3 49 11.7 19.9 192 20 305.5 307.8 294.9 342.4 12.32 3 900 1006 24.0 13.8 53 10.2 17.2 203 24 306.2 308.3 294.2 339.6 11.11 4 850 1502 19.7 11.3 58 8.4 14.3 215 25 306.8 308.7 293.5 336.8 9.95 5 800 2021 15.9 7.7 58 8.2 10.9 235 32 308.1 309.6 292.6 333.3 8.26 6 750 2566 11.7 5.2 64 6.6 7.9 250 38 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.0 7.39 7 700 3139 7.0 2.9 75 4.0 4.7 256 40 310.2 311.5 292.0 331.1 6.77 8 650 3745 3.5 -5.0 54 8.5 -0.6 258 50 312.9 313.7 290.5 325.8 4.05 9 600 4390 0.0 -13.1 37 13.1 -5.1 257 50 316.1 316.6 289.9 323.8 2.33 10 550 5081 -4.6 -17.7 35 13.0 -9.1 254 48 318.6 318.9 290.1 324.4 1.74 11 500 5824 -9.4 -22.0 35 12.6 -13.2 258 47 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.1 1.31 12 450 6630 -14.6 -23.7 46 9.1 -17.1 266 51 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.2 1.26 13 400 7511 -21.4 -27.3 59 6.0 -22.7 266 53 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.8 1.01 14 350 8479 -29.7 -31.5 84 1.8 -30.0 261 53 328.7 328.9 292.2 331.5 0.78 15 300 9558 -38.1 -42.2 65 4.1 -38.5 261 59 331.7 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.31 16 250 10787 -47.8 -52.2 60 4.5 -48.0 266 62 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.12 17 200 12233 -54.9 -63.3 35 8.4 -55.1 259 66 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14083 -52.7 -80.4 2 27.7 -53.2 254 30 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16678 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 255 12 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.37 m Freezing level: 599.95 mb = 4391.12 m = 14406.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.37 mb = 3677.52 m = 12065.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.79 mb = 1282.50 m = 4207.62 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 25.11 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.27 mb = 2507.11 m = 8225.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.45 C = 92.21 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1134.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.68 mb = 2099.03 m = 6886.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.68 mb = 2931.90 m = 9618.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.68 mb = 11684.21 m = 38333.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1126.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.68 mb = 14183.07 m = 46531.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 326.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 326.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.94 Bulk Rich Number: 7.99 Bulk Shear: 141.91 m/s